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An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part Three

July 21, 2025January 1, 2008 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with Adrian Belew
Photo credit: Image courtesy of Daryl Darko.
Welcome to the conclusion of this three-part interview with guitarist, singer, and songwriter Adrian Belew. If you’re just jumping in, be sure to hop back to the start to hear Belew talk … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part Two

July 21, 2025December 28, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with Adrian Belew
Photo credit: Image courtesy of Daryl Darko.
Welcome to the second part of this interview with guitarist, singer, and songwriter Adrian Belew. If you haven’t already read the first part, you can find it here.
Be sure to … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part One

July 21, 2025December 24, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Welcome! This interview is part of an ongoing series of chats with artists about their creative process. You can find the full set of interviews, including musicians Van Dyke Parks, Dan Wilson, and Jonathan Coulton, memoirist Ianthe Brautigan, and cartoonist … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Tobie Giddio

July 21, 2025December 3, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with visual artist Tobie Giddio
Image created for Tiffany & Co. by Tobie Giddio, reproduced courtesy of the artist.
Tobie Giddio grew up on the New Jersey Shore where she fell in love with fashion and art from the books and magazines in her basement … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Dan Wilson, Part Two

July 21, 2025November 6, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with musician Dan Wilson
photo credit: James Minchin.
Welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with musician Dan Wilson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic), whose new solo CD, Free Life, was just released by American Records/Columbia. If you haven’t already read the first … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Dan Wilson, Part One

July 21, 2025November 1, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with musician Dan Wilson
photo credit: Steve Cohen.
Dan Wilson first made his mark with Trip Shakespeare, a Minneapolis-based band featuring Wilson, his brother Matt, bassist John Munson, and drummer Elaine Harris. The four produced a catalog of songs noted for soaring harmonies and … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Matt Wagner, Part Two

July 21, 2025August 28, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with comic book writer, illustrator Matt Wagner
Photo credit: Greg Preston.
Welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with Matt Wagner, award-winning comic book writer and illustrator, and creator of Mage and Grendel. If you haven’t already read the first part of this interview, … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Matt Wagner, Part One

July 21, 2025August 26, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with comic book writer, illustrator Matt Wagner
Image (c) copyright Matt Wagner.
Matt Wagner is a comic book writer and illustrator, best known for his original comics Mage and Grendel (winner of three Eisner awards) and a five-year run on Sandman Mystery Theater, as well as for … Read on Macduff...

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“About-creativity.com, I choose you!”

July 21, 2025July 31, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Woke up this morning to find that some wonderful human being over at Yahoo had selected us as Yahoo Picks’ “Pick of the Day.” If you’ve discovered this site through that review, welcome!
The artist interviews to-date include: … Read on Macduff...

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An Interview with Kim Addonizio

July 21, 2025July 26, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

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Kim Addonizio is the author of three books of poetry from BOA Editions: The Philosopher’s Club, Jimmy & Rita, and Tell Me, which was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. Her latest poetry collection, … Read on Macduff...

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